Cybersecurity Engineer- Local Candidates Only

Visa•Austin, TX

17h•Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Cybersecurity Engineer to join our Identity Engineering team. In this role, you will help build, operate, and continuously improve the security foundations that protect our services—especially around authentication, authorization, and API protection in cloud‑native environments. You will work closely with application engineering, platform teams, and SRE to implement secure identity patterns and support the day‑to-day reliability and security of identity services. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys building, automating, learning, and collaborating.

Requirements

2+ years of relevant work experience and a Bachelors degree, OR 5+ years of relevant work experience
Experience in cybersecurity engineering, platform security, DevSecOps, or a related engineering role
Working knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWTs, and common auth/authz patterns
Hands-on familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and cloud-native concepts
Experience operating or contributing to services running on Kubernetes
Experience with Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code tools
Familiarity with API Gateways (preferably Kong) and API security concepts
Understanding of DevOps fundamentals (CI/CD, automation, version control, environments)
Ability to troubleshoot systems and collaborate effectively with engineering and SRE teams
Clear written and verbal communication skills

Nice To Haves

3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)

Responsibilities

Implementing and supporting identity and authorization capabilities used across internal and external services
Assisting in the adoption of standard authentication and authorization patterns based on OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect
Supporting API security controls via API Gateway (preferably Kong), including authentication flows and policy enforcement
Helping engineering teams integrate identity solutions into their APIs/services following established security guidance
Writing and maintaining infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) under existing patterns and reviews
Supporting and troubleshooting Kubernetes workloads related to identity services (deployments, configs, runtime issues)
Contributing to cloud security and architecture discussions with a security‑first mindset
Participating in operational routines: on-call support (when applicable), incident response support, post-incident follow-ups, and improvements
Improving documentation, runbooks, and internal enablement materials for identity integrations
Continuously learning modern identity, cloud security, and DevOps practices, and applying them in day-to-day work